Focus on Native Americans
No. 08-01
Date: Winter 2009
Native American titles added to the NLS collection
In fiscal year 2008 NLS added twenty-eight titles to its Native American
collection, which includes folklore, history, mythology, fiction, and
works by Native American authors. This annual listing of titles is a
finding aid for network librarians. All books are available in the formats
noted below and will be announced in __Braille Book Review or Talking
Book Topics.__ The titles in braille will also be available to registered
users through Web-Braille. Assigned book numbers are given with the
title if available at the time of listing. Please note that some of the titles
on the list are still in process.
__Juvenile books__
Bruchac, Joseph. The Dark Pond. BR 16147.
Dunn, John M. The Relocation of the North American Indian.
RC 65014. A title in the World History series.
Freedman, Russell. Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas.
BR 17557.
Hautman, Pete, and Mary Logue. Skullduggery. RC 66288 in process.
Book 2 in the Bloodwater Mysteries series.
Keoke, Emory Dean, and Kay M. Portfield. Buildings, Clothing, and Art.
BR 16513. A title in the American Indian Contributions to the
World series.
Food, Farming, and Hunting. BR 16678. A title in the American
Indian Contributions to the World series
Schanzer, Rosalyn. John Smith Escapes Again! RC 64207.
__Teen Books__
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
RC 65403 in process.
Flight: A Novel. RC 65404 in process.
Esckilsen, Erick E. Offsides: A Novel. RC 65560.
Olsen, Sylvia. Yellow Line. BR 16654.
Wallin, Luke. In the Shadow of the Wind. RC 66350 in process.
__Adult books__
D'Orso, Michael. Eagle Blue: A Team, a Tribe, and a High School
Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska. RC 64327.
Erdrich, Louise. The Painted Drum. RC 62861.
Franke, Mary Ann. To Save the Wild Bison: Life on the Edge in
Yellowstone. RC 63179.
Henry, Will. Custer's Last Stand. RC 63917.
Johnstone, William W. Preacher's Journey. RC 63068.
Kenny, Maurice, ed. Stories for a Winter's Night: Short Fiction by
Native Americans. RC 65844.
King, Thomas. The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. RC 63348.
L'Amour, Louis. Jubal Sackett. BR 16494.
McCaig, Donald. Canaan: A Novel. RC 65742.
Norton, Andre, and Lyn Conchie. Beast Master's Ark. RC 64064.
Reichs, Kathy. Break No Bones. RC 63357. A title in the Dr.
Temperance Brennan Mystery series.
Robinson, Eden. Monkey Beach. RC 63141.
Sides, Hampton. Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West.
RC 64017.
Vreeland, Susan. The Forest Lover. RC 65075.
Wiggins, Marianne. The Shadow Catcher. RC 65909.
Wohlforth, Charles, P. The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the
Northern Front of Climate Change. RC 62605.
__Native American Bibliography on Kids Zone__
NLS Kids Zone web site features a Native American section. To access
this page, choose the "Select Bibliography of Books by and about Native
Americans" link on the Kids Zone home page or see www.loc.gov/
nls/children/bibliographies/native_americans.html.